Education is changing faster than ever, and so are we.

Brian Broderick serves as the executive director of the Michigan Association of Non-public Schools. In that role, he serves as the state representative to the Council of American Private Education. He chairs the Schoolcraft College Board of Trustees and sits on the Boards of Michigan Youth in Government, the Felician Sisters Childcare Centers, and the Education Alliance of Michigan.

Mr. Broderick earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Wayne State University in 1998, a law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1991, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1988.  He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

Brian and his wife, Donna reside in Plymouth. They have two children in college.

Amanda Wagenschutz is vice president of people and culture operations for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. Wagenschutz is responsible for operationalizing the company’s talent strategy across the organization, with a focus on cultivating the company’s purpose-driven culture and creating a positive experience for all co-workers.

Passionate for leadership coaching, organizational development, and high-performing teams, Wagenschutz has been a people leader and change-maker for more than 20 years. Since joining the company in 2012, her commitment to a world-class experience for all co-workers has been the core of her Consumers Energy career.

Wagenschutz holds a master’s degree in management with a concentration in human resources from Walsh College. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University, where she focused on human resources development and specialized in training and development.

After graduating from I.U. with a Bachelor of Science in finance in 1978, Mr. Burks joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in Indianapolis, he later transferred to Detroit. He received a CPA certification in 1980. Burks was admitted to the partnership in 1991. For over 30 years, Mr. Burks delivered a full range of audit and related business advisory services to clients in the retail, government, higher education sectors, as well as real estate, manufacturing, and financial services companies. Mr. Burks was the partner in charge of the education and nonprofit practice for the Midwest Region of PWC, he retired in June 2012.

Mr. Burks is recognized as a leader and key decision-maker in the City of Detroit; he was appointed by the Governor of Michigan to the Detroit Financial Advisory Board.

Prentiss Brown is an attorney with Prentiss M. Brown, P.C., St. Ignace, engaged in the representation of Native Americans. He is a former prosecuting attorney for Mackinac County and general law practitioner. Mr. Brown is a member of the First National Bank of St. Ignace’s board of directors. A graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law, he is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and Iowa State Bar Association. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Albion College. Mr. Brown is a senior judge of the Saginaw-Chippewa Tribal Court in Mount Pleasant.

A Muskegon native, Bob Filka has served the Home Builders Association of Michigan for 15 years. Filka has 35 years of government and policy experience in both Washington, D.C. and Lansing. Early in his career, he was a legislative aide to the late Grand Rapids-area Congressman Paul Henry. Upon returning to Michigan, he served as a policy advisor to Governor John Engler.  He was appointed by Engler as president of the Michigan Strategic Fund and became part of the original executive leadership group that created the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.  Bob is active in numerous organizations and has served stints as chair of the Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Board of Directors and Michigan Virtual among others.

Daniel F. Kiblawi, retired, is the former president and CEO of Egelhof Controls Corporation, a multi-national automotive supplier specializing in control devices for air conditioning systems. He positioned the company for future success and growth by leading the transition to the electric and hybrid vehicle market for air conditioning and battery cooling control devices. The company’s product line was revamped and the value content per vehicle was increased several-fold. Prior to that, Kiblawi held a variety of executive and leadership positions in the Automotive Tier 1 industry.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and an MBA from Michigan State University.

Rossi Ray-Taylor, PhD., is the president and CEO of Ray.Taylor and Associates, L.L.C., a consultancy that specializes in program evaluation, school transformation and turnaround, equity audits, and executive coaching. She is the former superintendent of Ann Arbor Schools, deputy superintendent for instruction for the Lansing Public Schools, and the former executive director of the national nonprofit organization Minority Student Achievement Network.

Dr. Ray-Taylor holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Michigan State University. Her Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Psychology with a specialty in learning & cognition and measurement & evaluation is also from Michigan State.

Wendy Zdeb became the Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) in August of 2011. Wendy spent 16 years in public education, six years as a teacher, and 10 years as an administrator. She began her career as a teacher and a coach at Warren Fitzgerald High School. She then went on to become AP and AD at St. Clair High School in St. Clair County. Wendy concluded her career in public education as the principal at Rochester High School. She has an education specialist degree and a master’s in educational leadership, both from Saginaw Valley State University and a bachelor’s degree in English and history from Western Michigan University.